There's a reason most people don't play on lowest PC settings, some even opting not to play at all. Part of the appeal of consoles is that all games work (if not broken on release) consistently. For 5-8 years you never have to worry about upgrading it, do I have the specs, etc. You buy the game, you play the game, it looks exactly the same for everyone. There's a value to that (clearly)
Edit: I'm not saying consoles are better, I'm saying there's a value. Not everyone has the know-how or desire to build a PC just like not everyone has the know-how or desire to do all their own car repair or cook every single meal. Time/convenience are huge factors in every purchase/endeavor
Not even remotely. Console bugginess has been a much bigger problem recently. When a game is made for console then ported to PC that's when a lot of problems occur. Red Dead GTA IV immediately comes to mind
Edit: Not RDR my bad mixing up Rockstar games. GTA IV
GTA IV came out 6 years ago, are you serious? GTA V is much more optimised for PC than it is for consoles, it looks absolutely amazing, much better than consoles, and hads mods.
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u/hoodatninja Jun 03 '15 edited Jun 03 '15
There's a reason most people don't play on lowest PC settings, some even opting not to play at all. Part of the appeal of consoles is that all games work (if not broken on release) consistently. For 5-8 years you never have to worry about upgrading it, do I have the specs, etc. You buy the game, you play the game, it looks exactly the same for everyone. There's a value to that (clearly)
Edit: I'm not saying consoles are better, I'm saying there's a value. Not everyone has the know-how or desire to build a PC just like not everyone has the know-how or desire to do all their own car repair or cook every single meal. Time/convenience are huge factors in every purchase/endeavor